The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-10
HOW TO BECOME PLUMP.
WAYS to Acquire Symmetrical Form
and Graceful Outlines.
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E.onl the Epoch.

From the Epoch.
II NAV be safely asserted that seven, if
NOT eight. of every ten young ladies would
be improved in face and figure by the addi-
+ion of ten or fifteen pounds to their weight
Now. in most cases where the want of
nluupness is not the result of positive dis
ease calling for medical treatment, these
extra pounds-beauty pounds they might
he called, because they add the finishing
touch to beauty-may be easily acquired in
a few months by cutting out the following
hints and FASTING them on the mirror
where they may be daily seen and needed:
The famous Mr.. Banting, who reduced
his weight by more than fifty pounds in one
wear, found that sugar was the most fatten-
ing thing that he could eat. Hence. to in
crease your weight eat cakes, buildings,
syrup. honey, candy and pastry, always
taking care that it be crisp and digestible,
for indigestible food is the chief cause of
leanness. New England pie crust is proba-
blv responsible for the appearance of the
typical gaunt Yankee. Other fattening
articles of food are tender lamb salmon and
cells, milk and cream, corn bread and but
ter. and those vegetables which grow Under
ground, and of which sugar is made-beets,
turnips, etc. Boiled or baked potatoes,
mashed on the plate and seasoned with salt
aud fresh butter, make a delicious dish,
rapidly fattening. Eat often and very
slowly for it is not the quantity that is
eaten, but the amount that is thoroughly
digested that nourishes the system and
rounds the bodily contour.
Bismarck's private physician, DR.. Schwen-
niger, owes his international reputation to
his success in diminishing the Chancellor's
weight The secret of his method is never
to allow his patient to drink with his meals,
or if he does drink, to do so very sparingly.
Hence follows the converse rule, that if you
covet stoutness you should drink freely with
your meals, always, however, in such way
as not to interfere with the digestive proc,
esses. That is, you should never drink
while you have food in the mouth, for the
food ought to be moistened by the saliva
alone. Ice water, too, should be always
avoided. 1t cbils the stomach and is the
cause of thIce- ourths of the indigestion
and consequent leanness prevalent in this
country.
Mountain tourists know that ice water
never quenches the thirst, yet we constantly
spoil our water by putting in ice. The ice
should never be allowed to come in contact
with the water we drink, but only with the
outside of the pitcher. In this way we
avoid also the danger from microbes hiding
in impure ice,
Air is food as much as beef, the only diff
ference being that beef is assimilated in the
stomach, air in the lungs. Hence, if you
wish to be plump become an air glutton.
Breathe all the fresh air you can get, and
avoid foul, stuffy air, especially at night, as
you would putrid meat. Always breathe
through the nose, and cultivate the habit of
slowly filling the lungs with twice as much
all as you commonly inhale, exhaling it
again slowly. This purifes the blood and
stimulates the appetite. Take frequent
warm baths before retiring or cold sponge
baths in the morning, followed by brisk
friction with coarse towel.
Brain rest is especially indicated in the
case of those who object to leanness Mod
crate brain exercise is, indeed, essential to
perfect health, bnt excess should be care
fully avoided Emotional excitement and
worry are fatal to the chances Of becoming
plump and pretty. If an annoying thought
haunts you, forclbly fix your attention on
something. Above all never allow such
thoughts to torment you after retiring, and
thus to pass disagreeably into your dreams.
Eight hours of dreamless sleep in a well
ventilated room form the most potent cos
metic known to man or woman-the
straightest road to pfumpness and beauty.